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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

BASEBALL THINK TANK: Walked The Ballpark, But Blanks Opponent




Since 1916, FOURTEEN pitchers have thrown a complete game shut out and walked NINE or more batters in the game.


ONE pitcher actually had double figures in walks AND strikeouts.

I'll let the old timers reading this attempt to figure out the NL right-hander who averaged 17 wins a season from 1963-69 with a 2.90 ERA.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=Y0RPi

Jersey Born


A look at Garden State-born Major League Baseball Players. Some you will know and some are unknown to us all, but represented Jersey in the show.



Danny O'Connell (Hoboken, NJ)
Braves/Giants/Pirates/Senators 1950-1962

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/o'conda02.shtml

Career Highlight: As a rookie in 1950, became a starting infielder for the Pirates and doubled and drove in Ralph Kiner in his first MLB at-bat.

His .292 avg had him finish 3rd in the NL ROY voting.